[papertyger]

I’ve been here for “almost two decades,” and I can’t think of any bunch besides some on religion threads that deserve “running off” more.

They were political Luddites insisting one using sword and pike tactics in an age of firearms.

[rlmorel]

I believe in giving people who have been here the longest a little extra respect and leeway, because I believe institutional memory is important to all organizations. But, that said, I have found that some of the people who have been here the longest (and I know from personal experience, it isn't that they are chronologically that much older than everyone else) are among the most abusive and recalcitrant posters.

There have been more than a few whose exit from FR I regret, and even mourn, as far as that can go in today's digital world. But being here before 2000 shouldn't grant an unlimited "get out of courtesy jail free" card. At some point, a few have simply worn out their welcome.

And I disagree with Axeslinger II's premise that is is not Jim Robinson's forum...it IS his forum. We don't want Free Republic to be a victim of "the tragedy of the commons".